xp home edition

Discussion in 'Software' started by marlyn65, Aug 2, 2010.

  1. marlyn65

    marlyn65 Private E-2

    help please my son as an acer 3053 laptop which as started to play up so we went in to bios and selected last known good configuration and now the laptop just keeps rebooting constantly to the windows xp screen then back to black screen with cursor in the top left hand side of the screen. i am at a loss as what to do next because i can still get into bios but which ever command i put in it just gos'e back to rebooting over and over . my son is in the Military and is due to go overseas soon and wanted to take his laptop.any help is greatly appreciated :cry
     
    marlyn65, Aug 2, 2010
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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    TimW, Aug 2, 2010
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  3. marlyn65

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    no it wont let me do anything just keeps rebooting over and over ?
     
    marlyn65, Aug 2, 2010
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  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Do you have your OS CD? You will need to get into the bios ( often F12 or delete ) on start up and set the system to boot to the cd first. ( Tab in bios for boot order ). Then you can restart with the cd in the drive and get into the recovery console.
     
    TimW, Aug 2, 2010
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  5. marlyn65

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    hi tried that but nothing seems to work it just keeps shuting down then rebooting to xp screen then closing down again. thank you very much for your help . any other suggestions ?:(
     
    marlyn65, Aug 2, 2010
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  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Can you get into the bios?
     
    TimW, Aug 2, 2010
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  7. marlyn65

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    hi sorry for delay but busy working lol right yes i can get into the bios but which ever option i choose i.e boot in safe mode use last known good configuration etc in just reverts back to switching off restarting until it get's to the xp home page the shuts off and go'se back to the reboot ?
     
    marlyn65, Aug 3, 2010
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  8. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Sorry, but you need to change the boot up order when in the bios. Make your cd player the first boot device. Then you should be able to boot to your XP cd and do a repair install.
     
    TimW, Aug 4, 2010
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  9. marlyn65

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    hi i have got in to bios and set it to boot from cd rom which it dose but now when it starts to install it stops at acpi embedded drives and then finishes saying the the was an ochi86 sys error :cry
     
    marlyn65, Aug 7, 2010
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  10. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    The only hit I get for ochi86 sys error is your post. Apparently no one has ever gotten this error. Now if it is achi86.sys that tells us you have a SATA drive and need to install drivers before you attempt to install XP.

    Pressing alt+F10 will get to the hidden Aspire 3053 partition BUT if you restore it this way, please be very aware that everything goes back to factory condition which means all your files will be gone and will not be able to be recovered. So this is a last ditch effort to get the computer usable again.
     
    Last edited: Aug 7, 2010
    plodr, Aug 7, 2010
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  11. marlyn65

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    hi the erroe message actually says ohci1394.sys corrupted tried f10 and alt but nothing happens except boots up and restarts twindows xp screen the stops and restarts again ? sorry for being a pain :-o
     
    marlyn65, Aug 7, 2010
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  12. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Where did you get this install disc? Is the disc clean? No scratches on it?
     
    TimW, Aug 7, 2010
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  13. marlyn65

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    it was my original disc that came with laptop it is very scratched though ?
     
    marlyn65, Aug 7, 2010
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  14. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    That may well be the reason it is skipping files. You could try polishing it with a little toothpaste across the scratches.
     
    TimW, Aug 7, 2010
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  15. marlyn65

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    genius the toothpaste worked and the disk has loaded and i went in to the recovery but now need the adminstrator password never set one up so do you have any idea what this might be is it a default one please and thank you thank you so much :)
     
    marlyn65, Aug 7, 2010
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  16. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Just try leaving the password blank if you never set one.
     
    TimW, Aug 7, 2010
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  17. marlyn65

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    done that and it is now formatting and doing a fresh install of windows xp i would like to thank everybody who helped me my son will now have a working laptop to take to afgan thank you all so much :):):):) xxxx
     
    marlyn65, Aug 7, 2010
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